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There is more to love in Action Charts, but for some knitters they are just too different to comprehend at first glance. Last week I posted about Action Charts, but at over 800 words I felt I needed to continue in another post to give this topic the best explanation. Symbols and Why I Have…

I’ve been making a lot of Action charts lately, and as I’ve been doing it I’ve made some notes on things to mention about the look of Action charts. A Look at Action Charts If you want to know why I do this, please read this. If this method of charting doesn’t work for you,…

Here your row gauge questions will be answered! Row gauge can rear its head whenever you are working a pattern in anything beyond a two-row stitch pattern. Sometimes it is nearly irrelevant, other times, it is a huge potential issue. You may not have given a lot of thought to row gauge questions, but here…

Last week we mastered eyelets. Now lets talk about shaping in the form of increases and decreases using yarn overs. That sounds halfway correct, doesn’t it? Increasing and decreasing where there are yarn overs can get really confusing. This is a place where charts make so much sense. Even if you end up writing out…

I like eyelets, and I like lace. They are slightly different, but the difference is probably not very important to most knitters. We pick patterns because we like them. Glossary & Techniques Click on the term to get to the technique page for each. Eyelet is created by making a yarn over, and it is paired…

To make a pair with the incR, you need a left lifted increase or incL, LLI. There is much more documentation now than there was when I was on my search for the pair to an incR/RLI. I spent some time figuring it out on my own. Maybe it was out there, but not in…

ETA: I checked the schedule and I had the wrong number of weeks allotted for knitting the body, so I’ve amended my calculations a bit. If you are knitting the Beginner Lace Cardigan (BLC) you are probably approaching the BLC Body Knitting phase. If not, don’t worry–you’ll get there! The goal is to finish the…

I woke up in the middle of the night last night, and my brain was sorting through short-rows. I’ve been doing a lot of them lately, so that really isn’t a surprise. What my brain was stuck on was why I can’t seem to fully memorize a 4-row repeat of a lace pattern (lace on…